Cleopatra’s Needles: The Lost Obelisks of Egypt

Cover page\nHalftitle page\nSeries page\nTitle page\nCopyright page\nDedication\nContents\nAcknowledgments\nIntroduction\n1 How to Quarry an Obelisk\n	The first building in stone\n	Egypt’s first pyramid\n	Pyramid mania\n	Disaster in the desert\n	The Great Pyramid of Giza\n	The Aswan granite quarry\n	The unfinished obelisk\n	Hatshepsut’s obelisks\n	Djehuti- hotep’s colossal statue is moved\n	Pliny the Elder to the rescue\n2 Rome’s Obelisks\n	Caesar and Cleopatra\n	Antony and Cleopatra\n	The end of the line\n	How “Cleopatra’s Needles” became Cleopatra’s\n	Piazza del Popolo Obelisk\n	The Gnomon Obelisk (Monte Citorio)\n	Esqualine Obelisk (Santa Maria Maggiore)\n	Quirinale Obelisk\n	Trinità dei Monti (Spanish Steps)\n	The Obelisk at the Railway Station (Viale delle Terme)\n	Bernini’s Elephant Obelisk (Piazza della Minerva)\n	Bernini’s Fountain (Piazza Navona)\n	Capitoline Obelisk (Villa Celimontana)\n	Piazza della Rotonda\n	Rome’s last obelisk (Monte Picino)\n	The Constantinople Obelisk\n3 God’s Architect\n	The monster’s trophy\n	Detective Magi and the case of the uninscribed obelisk\n	While Rome burned\n	Witness to martyrdom\n	The Pope’s prize\n	The castello\n	Man is the measure\n	Show time\n	Water on the ropes!\n	The “transportation” of the obelisk\n	Casting out the devils\n4 Napoleon’s Obelisk\n	Napoleon on the Nile\n	Would the English like an obelisk?\n	Three obelisks are better than one\n	Apollinaire Lebas to the rescue\n	Luxor at last\n	The obelisk is cracked!\n	The ship built for one passenger\n	A mountain of timber\n	Show time\n	The obelisk has landed\n	Nubian adventure\n	Departure at last\n	The obelisk at sea\n	Raising an obelisk\n5 Cleopatra’s Needle Sails for London\n	The big dig\n	The Englishman and the obelisk\n	A Freemason to the rescue\n	Building Cleopatra\n	Down to the sea\n	Out to sea\n	Hurricane, then disaster\n	Lost at sea\n	What’s an obelisk worth?\n	Home at last\n6 The Oldest Skyscraper in New York\n	Does the offer still hold?\n	Which obelisk is ours?\n	General Grant on the Nile\n	Serious negotiations\n	“We have concluded to give it to you”\n	The right man at the right time\n	Count Carburi moves the rock\n	A man, a plan, an obelisk!\n	Full steam ahead\n	The perfect ship?\n	The obelisk turns\n	Lowering the obelisk—four inches at a time\n	A message from ancient Freemasons\n	A ship fit for an obelisk\n	A delicate balancing act\n	How to insure an obelisk\n	At sea at last\n	The Freemasons have their day\n	How to float an obelisk\n	The long journey to Central Park\n	Erecting the obelisk\n7 Postscript on the Obelisks\n	Save the obelisk!\nNotes\nBibliography\nIndex